[00:07.08]The World Bank recently held a two-day competition as part of its Development Marketplace event. [00:15.73]The event was held at the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C. [00:22.62]Competitors presented ideas for new businesses design

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[00:04.88]Five of the world's largest drug companies [00:03.88]have agreed to reduce the price of drugs designed to control the disease AIDS for people in developing countries. [00:12.37]The agreement was reached after talks between United Nations he

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[00:04.83]Last month, delegates from more than one-hundred nations approved the first international treaty [00:12.54]about trade in products made by processes of genetic engineering. [00:18.00]Genetic engineering involves changing the genes of living

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[00:07.05]The American company Monsanto has announced what it calls a major development in efforts to identify all of the genes found in rice. [00:18.49]It says scientists working in the United States have produced the first plans for a genetic map o

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[00:05.80]April seventh was World Health Day. [00:09.27]The World Health Organization and the International Federation of Red Cross [00:14.52]and Red Crescent Societies made blood supply safety the message of the day. [00:20.82]Hospitals and doctors

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[00:17.11]Have you ever thought about what you would save from today to show to people in the future? [00:24.19]Some people are thinking about it. [00:27.35]They are involved in a project to save objects in a container that is not to be opened until

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[00:06.95]Last summer, Americans in the eastern state of New York were threatened by a disease never before seen in the country--West Nile Fever. [00:19.59]The disease usually is not serious in people. [00:23.61]But it can cause swelling of the brain

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[00:04.52]24) Bush Meat Crisis: [00:11.21]The meat of wild forest animals, called bush meat, [00:16.09]has long been an important part of the diet of people in central and western Africa. [00:22.91]But hunters are killing too many of these animals. [

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[00:04.81]Many Americans desire to live in homes near coastal areas. [00:10.95]More than 3,000 people move to coastal areas every day. [00:16.74]But experts say one-fourth of the buildings along America's coastal areas may be damaged or destroyed by

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[00:05.43]Last month, a deadly accident took place at a gold mining operation in northern Romania. [00:13.69]Cyanide poison accidentally overflowed a dam and flowed into streams leading to two major rivers in Hungary and Yugoslavia. [00:25.89]Million

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[00:06.48]Lack of Vitamin A is the leading cause of blindness among children in deveoping countries. [00:14.55]These children do not get enough Vitamin A in the food they eat. [00:21.11]In Africa,more than 3,000,000 children suffer from blindness or

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[00:04.31]Flooding is continuing for a third week in southern African countries. [00:11.31]:Strong rain and wind have destroyed houses, bridges and roads in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. [00:23.54]Crops have been destroyed, and tho

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[00:05.30]Seven environmental activists from all over the world have received this year's Goldman Environmental Prize. [00:15.39]The winners were awarded 125,000 dollars each by the Goldman Environmental Foundation. [00:24.24]The awards were announce

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[00:04.36]American officials are seeking ways for cities to grow without expanding into surrounding open space. [00:14.00]They are trying to rebuild the centers of older industrial cities. [00:19.91]And they want to help people use less resources suc

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[00:04.57]A new American study shows that chemicals used to kill insects in the home may increase the risk of developing Parkinson's disease. [00:17.14]Earlier studies have shown that people who work around pesticides are at greater risk of developin

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[00:05.54]The American Heart Association is advising people to exercise [00:13.27]by lifting weights.One of the writers of that advisory [00:19.20]is Barry Franklin of William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak,Michigan. [00:25.97]Mister Franklin directs

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[00:07.52] You probably know a famous saying about the importance of eating apples [00:14.58]It is,An apple a day keeps the doctor away. [00:19.83]Now,a new American study shows eating apples may help fight cancer,too. [00:28.16]Research scientists a

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[00:07.39]Researchers in the United States have shown that prayer [00:14.32]may help speed the recovery of people with heart problems. [00:19.96]The researchers found that heart patients did better [00:25.31]when someone was praying for them. [00:28.

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[00:04.91]54) Anti-sense Technology [00:10.55]Research scientists have reported success in using an experimental method [00:17.97]called anti-sense technology to treat people with cancer. [00:23.41]For years, researchers have tested anti-sense techno

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[00:10.06]Gehrig continued to improve as a player. [00:14.05]By 1924, pitchers for opposing teams were having bad dreams about Lou Gchrig and Babe Ruth. [00:23.04]Ruth hit sixty home runs that year. [00:26.36]Gchrig hit forty seven and won the Americ

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